Purdue cornerback Ricardo Allen comes up to the line during a drill at spring football practice inside the Mollenkopf Athletic Center, in West Lafayette, on Thursday, March 28, 2013.

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Purdue's first trip to one of the new Big Ten Conference members will take place in 2016, the league announced Thursday.

The Big Ten released conference football schedules for 2016 and 2017, the first with nine league games.

The Boilermakers travel to Maryland to begin the 2016 Big Ten season Oct. 1. They'll travel to Rutgers during the 2017 season. Maryland and Rutgers are set to join the Big Ten on July 1, 2014, bringing the league to 14 schools. ...